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A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 834th Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group goes down after a direct flak hit , November 1944. Official caption on image: "Death Plunge Of A Flying Fortress After Taking Direct Hit. US AAF Photo 230-3."
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A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 834th Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group goes down after a direct flak hit , November 1944. Official caption on image: "Death Plunge Of A Flying Fortress After Taking Direct Hit. US AAF Photo 230-3."

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A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection